Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
New projects, refactors, experiments, startups, or late-night hacks — tell us what you’re building or exploring this month and why.
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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working on (Oct 2026)
on Monday October 26, 2026 @12:25PM (#50246483)
I'm building AllZonefiles (https://allzonefiles.io), aiming to make it the best domain data platform on the internet.
It covers 380M+ domains, with daily domain lists, additions/removals, and zonefiles with nameserver data. I recently added statistics for most zones, including domain counts and growth trends.
You might be surprised by what people build with domain data.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2026)
on Monday October 26, 2026 @12:24PM (#50246470)
I'm building AllZonefiles (https://allzonefiles.io), aiming to make it the best domain data platform on the internet.
It covers 380M+ domains, with daily domain lists, additions/removals, and zonefiles with nameserver data. I recently added statistics for most zones, including domain counts and growth trends.
You might be surprised by what people build with domain data.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:28AM (#49696534)
https://allzonefiles.io
Bulk domain name datasets available for instant download, hassle-free (without submitting any application forms, waiting for approvals, etc, etc).
383M registered domain names across 1582 domain zones.
Updated daily, with historical snapshots. Want latest snapshot? We have it. Want a snapshot a year ago? No problem, we also have it.
Daily newly registered and removed/expired domain lists are available for download as well. Want a list of all new domains for the past 3 months? Sure, just sign in and download them all from our website - https://allzonefiles.io
Use it for: marketing, lead gen, SEO, domain research and investing, data enrichment
We collect the domain data so you can focus on building products with it.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
on Thursday May 14, 2026 @09:31PM (#48143451)
I build a service where you can access all zonefiles (domain lists) for all domain zones.
Current stats: 365M+ domains in 1580+ zones
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (non-AI)?
on Thursday May 14, 2026 @09:30PM (#48143445)
I build a service where you can access all zonefiles (domain lists) for all domain zones.
Current stats: 365M+ domains in 1580+ zones
Re:Never Buy A .online Domain
on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @11:57AM (#47154174)
A list of all registered (3,231,464 domain so far) .online domains is here: https://allzonefiles.io/zone/online
Re:
on Monday February 23, 2026 @10:00PM (#47132334)
I pulled the latest .com zone snapshot (updated Feb 22, 2026) and analyzed 160M active domains across 2,895 registrars, focusing on creation/expiration/update dates plus nameserver infrastructure. The report includes year-by-year growth, name-length saturation, registrar concentration, and NS-based classification, plus “new” cuts like an 18-month expiration forecast, DNS update recency, registrar portfolio vintage, and day-of-week registration patterns.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:31PM (#46917757)
Do you rely on "Post a job" button on the website or gather jobs for the site yourself?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Thursday February 05, 2026 @12:53PM (#46902412)
Do you have any customers already?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:47PM (#46895024)
Sorry to hear that!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:47PM (#46895018)
"Login" and "start free now" links do not work on the website!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:45PM (#46895008)
Oh, got it, thanks for clarifying!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:29PM (#46888697)
Pretty! What tech is behind it ?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:27PM (#46888683)
So you build your own Internet-scale search engine, that's what you're saying?!
What stack do you use? How much data is in your indexes ?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:20PM (#46888588)
Useful! Subscribed!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:17PM (#46888556)
I've tried it, looks fun!
P.S. You don't have "green onion" in the ingredients database =))
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:15PM (#46888521)
Did you have iOS development experience before ?
So, after building this app with Claude - what is your feedback on that? What can be improved/done differently? Could you please share any tips/hints on how to make development of iOS app with Claude easier/better?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:13PM (#46888495)
What are some use cases for this tool? Can it be used in integration tests as a part of CI/CD pipeline?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:11PM (#46888460)
Sounds useful!
How do you handle data privacy concerns?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:08PM (#46888435)
Wow, I always wanted such tool!
What is your technical stack? Do you build editor from scratch or do you use something as a baseline ?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:16PM (#46876641)
Wow, that is pretty cool! Do you run lab tests yourself, or have to engage a certified lab instead? How does that all work ?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:44PM (#46875309)
What are advantages compared to Docker/Apple containers/VMs like Virtual Box?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:12PM (#46874767)
I’m continuing to work on AllZonefiles.io — a domain-data hub that aggregates and serves large-scale zone files. Right now it covers ~354M domains across 1,575 zones, including ~114M domains from 317 ccTLDs, which turned out to be the hardest part operationally.
The next step is an extended dataset parsed from WHOIS: create/expire/update timestamps, NS records, and IANA registrar info. Stack is fairly boring on purpose: Go, bare-metal Linux, PostgreSQL, Bootstrap 5. The motivation is to make downloading and keeping the most complete domain lists possible automated and predictable, without manual registry workflows or fragmented sources.
Re:Show HN: I built a search engine for all domains on the internet
on Friday November 07, 2025 @05:32PM (#45851984)
That's fair. Thank you for pointing me out on this. Let me think what can I do here to provide such experience for users. Appreciate you shared your opinion!
Re:Show HN: I built a search engine for all domains on the internet
on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:40PM (#45850169)
Sign-in is free is costs you nothing.
But I'll think on providing access to the domain search engine (limited dataset, may be) to anyone without asking registration. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, really appreciate that!!!
Re:Show HN: I built a search engine for all domains on the internet
on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:36PM (#45850130)
Make sense, thanks for sharing!
I've thought about that and have this in my plans.
> How hard it was to get access to those daily updated zone files?
Some are easy, some are harder. Few months ago I've built and launched zone file data provider (https://allzonefiles.io) that DomainExplorer uses. Having that, accessing zone files is fairly easy.
Re:Show HN: I built a search engine for all domains on the internet
on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:32PM (#45850100)
Good suggestion, thank you! Will work on that!
Show HN: I built a search engine for all domains on the internet
Hi HN,I built DomainExplorer.io, a search and analytics tool that lets you explore newly registered and expired domains across all TLDs — updated daily.The idea came from my frustration how hard it is to search for registered/expired domains. I wanted a simple and easy-to-use tool with web UI where you could submit queries like:- Find all domains in .com and .net zones that end with "chatgpt".-...
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2025)?
on Saturday September 27, 2025 @10:23AM (#45395969)
Do you have any customers already?